Art. 34 Ordinance of 7 November 2007 on Financial Equalization and Cost Compensation (FEOCC) - Indicators of the Cantons

The compensation for socio-demographic burdens related to the structure of the population is based on the following three indicators: a. poverty: the proportion of recipients of social assistance benefits in the broad sense within the permanent resident population; b. age structure: the proportion of persons aged 80 and over in the total permanent resident population; c. integration of foreigners: the proportion of foreign persons not originating from neighboring countries and living in Switzerland for a maximum of 12 years, within the permanent resident population.

Social assistance benefits in the broad sense are considered to be cash benefits that are need-based and paid to individuals or households and that are mentioned in the social assistance beneficiaries' statistics according to the ordinance of 30 June 1993 concerning the execution of federal statistical surveys. They notably include: a. social assistance based on economic conditions according to cantonal social assistance laws; b. alimony advances regulated at the cantonal level; c. complementary benefits from the Confederation, weighted according to the cantonal participation in financing in accordance with Art. 13, para. 1 of the Federal Act of 6 October 2006 on Complementary Benefits to the OASI and the DI; d. cantonal aids for the elderly or disabled; e. cantonal aids linked to needs in case of unemployment; f. cantonal maternity allowances and maintenance allowances for families with children; g. cantonal housing allowances and indemnities.

When a social assistance benefit in the broad sense corresponds to a low annual amount per beneficiary compared to the Swiss average, the number of its beneficiaries is weighted. The financial statistics of social assistance in the broad sense according to the ordinance on statistical surveys constitute the basis for weighting.

Individuals who receive multiple benefits are counted once.